In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
ABLATIONS
Noun
ablations
plural of ablation
Source: Wiktionary
ABLATION
Ab*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. ablatio, fr. ablatus p. p. of auferre to carry away; ab + latus, p. p. of ferre carry: cf. F. ablation. See Tolerate.]
1. A carrying or taking away; removal. Jer. Taylor.
2. (Med.)
Definition: Extirpation. Dunglison.
3. (Geol.)
Definition: Wearing away; superficial waste. Tyndall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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